Assessing and Understanding The Intersection Between Mental Health and Chronic Pain
$45.00
People who experience chronic pain often (understandably) have significant ongoing mental health problems as a result of the pain itself as well as the emotional toll of the loss of functioning and difficulty navigating the mental health system. This training is not about how to treat the pain, but rather how to help clients navigate the complexities of chronic pain while also maintaining and improving their mental health. We will focus on how chronic illness affects development, particularly looking at cases of adolescents, young adults, and older adults who retire early due to chronic pain
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify how chronic pain and depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders are often comorbid, including examining the hypotheses about how chronic pain and mental health disorders are associated, which is complex, unclear, and has implications on treatment.
- Examine the treatment protocols for depression and anxiety, especially as it interacts with pain management. While we do not discuss the specifics around medication, we will discuss ways and challenges of collaborating with other providers to give clients more holistic and well-coordinated treatment.
- Analyze specific developmentally-related challenges of people who experience chronic illnesses, such as adolescents who may struggle to participate in age-appropriate activities and middle-aged and older adults whose chronic pain challenges can often result in premature retirements or otherwise restrict their freedom.
Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical asynchronous continuing education credits.
For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 3 hours of Clinical continuing education training.
Course Instructor: Jillian Graves, LCSW, Ph.D.
Recording Date: 04/20/2024
Course Format: Recorded Live Webinar with downloadable presentation slides and/or handouts, evaluation, and a required quiz. The learner is required to pass with a 70% or higher to achieve the CE certificate of completion. The learner is able to reset the test until a satisfactory score is achieved.
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Jillian Graves, LCSW, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Eastern Michigan University in the School of Social Work. She is currently the co-director of the IPE Center in the College of Health and Human Services.
Assessing and Understanding the Intersection Between Mental Health and Chronic Pain
Objective #1: Identify how chronic pain and depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders are often comorbid, including examining the hypotheses about how chronic pain and mental health disorders are associated, which is complex, unclear, and has implications on treatment.
- What is Chronic Pain?
- Chronic Pain, Depression, and Anxiety
- Reluctance to Diagnose
Objective #2: Examine the treatment protocols for depression and anxiety, especially as it interacts with pain management. While we do not discuss the specifics around medication, we will discuss ways and challenges of collaborating with other providers to give clients more holistic and well-coordinated treatment.
- Pain and Depression Treatment
- Beliefs About Pain and CBT
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Objective #3: Analyze specific developmentally related challenges of people who experience chronic illnesses, such as adolescents who may struggle to participate in age-appropriate activities and middle-aged and older adults whose chronic pain challenges can often result in premature retirements or otherwise restrict their freedom.
- Challenges of Development
- Chronic Pain and Adolescence
- Middle aged, Early Retirement, and Older Adults
